The Medal of Honor is the only American military decoration worn around the neck rather than pinned to the uniform. Each of ...

For years the colonies had flourished in a state of “salutary neglect.” Britain had been content to leave the day-to-day ...

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Washington sought to impose strict military protocols and daily orders on life in camp, but was constantly frustrated by all ...

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

When the British attacked Long Island in August, Washington’s troops faced heavy volleys of musket fire, fusillades of ...

A triumphant general in Washington’s position might have tried to seize power, but Washington, like other Americans, saw ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.

But it also wanted, in the words of President Woodrow Wilson, to “make the world safe for democracy.” The United States ...

Americans went to war to win their independence from Great Britain. Just weeks after the outbreak of fighting at Lexington ...

The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

America went to war against Spain to free Cuba from Spanish domination. But the war provided the United States an opportunity ...